Monthly Taskforce Meeting
In September and October, due to the COVID-19 surge, South Carolina task force members were interviewed one-on-one instead of participating in the traditional monthly task force meetings.
During this meeting, participants heard from key perspectives on the challenges faced by the health care workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on the January/February 2021 peak in cases, as well as what is needed to achieve workforce stability and resilience moving forward. Toward the end of the meeting, they discussed potential areas of action, what it would take for proposed changes to be effective, and how progress could be measured in small synthesis groups.
Background Materials
General
- New England Journal of Medicine:
- Journal of Academic Medicine:
North Carolina
- North Carolina Medical Journal:
- Authored by task force member Dr. Lori Byrd: The Health Care Education-to-Workforce Pipeline: Challenges and Changes After the Pandemic
- Authored by presenter Dr. Ciara Zachary: The American Rescue Plan Act: Protecting and Supporting Frontline Workers
- UNC School of Medicine:
- Article on key perspective Brandon Teal: Alleviating the Vaccine Gap: A Community Health Worker’s Contribution
- North Carolina Healthcare Association:
- Short video featuring key perspective Valerie Stephens: Frontline Voices: NC respiratory therapist describes working under COVID-19 wave
- Short video featuring key perspective Tracie Neilson: Frontline Voices: How too many COVID cases are limiting your access to care
- North Carolina Health News:
- Article featuring task force member and key perspective Janice Somers: Project ECHO resounds throughout WNC
- UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center:
- Project led by presenter Hilary A. Campbell: North Carolina Health Workforce Data
- COVID-19 Response and the Workforce
- North Carolina Area Health Education Centers: